Tile Drainage Design

Brian darren go over what drain tile is and how it helps the environment.

Tile drainage design.

Shape makes no difference in the flow of water. We use a combination of gis software packages to process and filter the data then create base maps to help us determine the best layout options for each field. From gary sands u of mn. Drainage system design once we have collected accurate elevation data we set about designing your drainage layout.

Tom scherer an associate professor in extension engineering for north dakota state university ndsu leads ndsu s annual ag tile drainage design workshop. The whole drainage water in 24 hours. The prinsco drainage calculator estimates the capacity of tile drainage systems. To design the tile drainage system for the field.

The workshop includes a lesson on online tools that can help contractors prep for an install he says. Checks the capacity of drain tile on existing drainage systems. The pipe is usually round cylindrical in shape although there are some square or rectangular shaped drainage systems. Typical drain depth range 3 to 6 ft.

Subsurface tile drainage systems can convey soluble nitrate nitrogen n from the crop root zone. Sizes the piping needed on the acreage to. Drain tile piping typically ranges in sizes from 2 diameter to 18 diameter. Minimum cover greater than 2 5 ft.

The drainage coefficient is the water draining capacity of the drainage system and is typically expressed as a depth of water removed from soil in 24 hours inches day. The size and detail of the plan will vary depending on the scope of the project however all plans should have the same basic information required for the construction of the subsurface drainage system. Implementing nitrogen fertilizer best management practices can reduce the potential loss of nitrate n. A particular pipe size on a given grade will only carry a certain amount of water.

Brian darren go over what drain tile is and how it helps the environment. Adding perennial crops to the rotation may also reduce n losses to surface waters in addition to decreasing water drainage. The steeper the grade of the installed pipe the more water it will carry. Lateral depth and spacing.

Depth spacing balance to minimize cost. Philip horst precision ag specialist for water management solutions at premier equipment walks us through how they design the correct drainage layout using trimble s wm topo system that creates a. Most of it happens in virtual space on design software and lately online. C subsurface drainage design unable to deliver water up into the plant root zone a plan should be made of every subsurface drainage project.